George Boateng’s #One2Eleven

Former Aston Villa, Middlesbrough and Hull City midfielder George Boateng names his #One2Eleven on The Fantasy Football Club.

He has decided to deploy his team in a 4-3-3 formation. 

Here are just a few of the names who make the former Netherlands international’s side…

Goalkeeper: Edwin van der Sar

The reason I put Edwin in is because even in the modern day, he would be an outstanding goalkeeper. He can play with his feet, he’s great with his hands, his contribution to the game was fantastic and above that he was a leader. He was a really nice guy and if you ever had a problem he would help you out.

Right-back: Abel Xavier

Abel was a character. Look at his hair to start with! We played in Europe for Middlesbrough at Roma and for some reason he didn’t play. Steve McClaren allowed us a walk in the morning because kick-off was quite late. Me and the boys went out shopping and in the distance we could see this blonde hair sticking up. It was Abel, he was in Rome! In all seriousness he was a great guy and played really well at Middlesbrough.

Centre-back: Jaap Stam

I remember one of the first training sessions I was in with the Dutch national team. There was a fifty-fifty …

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